Nepc annual Report 2014-15

PART 2—ASSESSMENT OF NEPM EFFECTIVENESS

Table 1: Number of consignment authorisations issued by the Australian Capital Territory

Reporting Year	Consignment authorisations issued
2013–14	57
2014–15	55

Table 2: Quantity of controlled waste into the Australian Capital Territory for the period
1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014—Tonnes per waste category by State/Territory

Code	Description	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	NT	Ex-Terr	Total (tonnes)
A	Plating & heat treatment									0.00
B	Acids									0.00
C	Alkalis									0.00
D	Inorganic chemicals									0.00
E	Reactive chemicals									0.00
F	Paints, resins, inks organic sludges									0.00
G	Organic solvents									0.00
H	Pesticides									0.00
J	Oils	84.80	265.90	44.50						395.20
K	Putrescible/organic waste	385.00								385.00
L	Industrial washwater									0.00
M	Organic chemicals									0.00
N	Soil/sludge	49.61								49.61
R	Clinical & pharmaceutical	261.02								261.02
T	Misc.	7.50								7.50
State Totals (tonnes)		787.93	265.90	44.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00		1098.33

Table 3: Discrepancies in movements of controlled waste into Australian Capital Territory for the period 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015—Percentage of total movements

Discrepancy Type	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	NT	Ext Terr *
Consignment non-arrival	0	0	0					0
Transport without authorisation	0	0	0					0
Non-matching documentation	0	0	0					0
Waste data	0	0	0					0

Table 4: Number of movements of controlled waste into Australian Capital Territory for the period 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015

NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	NT	Ext Terr*
846	13	2	0	0	0	0	0

Northern Territory

Report to the NEPC on the implementation of the National Environment Protection (Movement of Controlled Waste between States and Territories) Measure for Northern Territory by the Minister for the Environment for the reporting year ended 30 June 2015

PART 1—IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEPM AND ANY SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998 provides the legislative basis to regulate and administer the National Environment Protection (Movement of Controlled Waste between States and Territories) Measure (NEPM). The Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority (NT EPA) currently administers the NT’s obligations through licensing of scheduled activities that involve the movement of controlled wastes across State/Territory boundaries and the issuing and receipt of Waste Transport Certificates. This level of involvement is commensurate with the terms of the Agreement between States and Territories on matters relating to the implementation of the NEPM. The level of environmental safeguard is further bolstered within the NT by the NT WorkSafe administration of the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2010.

PART 2—ASSESSMENT OF NEPM EFFECTIVENESS

Movement of controlled waste tends to be from the NT to other states. The NEPM does provide a consistent system for use in the NT when required and the NT has implemented a paper based system for Consignment Authorisations and Waste Tracking Certificates. The NT is exploring options for an electronic database to facilitate better cohesion with tracking requirements under the NEPM.

Table 1: Number of consignment authorisations issued by Northern Territory

Reporting Year	Consignment authorisations issued
2013–14	2
2014–15	1

Table 2: Quantity of controlled waste into Northern Territory for the period 1 July 2014 to
30 June 2015—Tonnes per waste category by State/Territory

Code	Description	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	Ex-Terr	Total (tonnes)
A	Plating & heat treatment									0.00
B	Acids									0.00
C	Alkalis									0.00
D	Inorganic chemicals									0.00
E	Reactive chemicals									0.00
F	Paints, resins, inks organic sludges									0.00
G	Organic solvents									0.00
H	Pesticides									0.00
J	Oils				547.87					41.54
K	Putrescible/organic waste									0.00
L	Industrial washwater									0.00
M	Organic chemicals									0.00
N	Soil/sludge									0.00
R	Clinical & pharmaceutical									0.00
T	Misc.									0.00
State Totals (tonnes)		0.00	0.00	0.00	547.87	0.00	0.00	0.00		41.54

Table 3: Discrepancies in movements of controlled waste into Northern Territory for the period
1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015—Percentage of total movements

Discrepancy Type	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	Ext Terr *
Consignment non-arrival				0
Transport without authorisation				0
Non-matching documentation				0
Waste data				0

Table 4: Number of movements of controlled waste into Northern Territory for the period
1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015

NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Ext Terr*
			15				n/a

 
Appendix 6:

Jurisdictional Reports on the Implementation and Effectiveness of the

National Pollutant Inventory NEPM

Commonwealth

Report to the NEPC on the implementation of the National Environment Protection (National Pollutant Inventory) Measure for the Commonwealth by the Hon. Greg Hunt MP, Minister for the Environment, for the reporting year ended 30 June 2015

PART 1—IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEPM AND ANY SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The Commonwealth implements the NEPM administratively and ensures that its obligations under the National Environment Protection Act 1994 and National Environment Protection Measures (Implementation) Act 1998 are met.

PART 2—ASSESSMENT OF NEPM EFFECTIVENESS

The number of facilities reporting to the National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) fell from 4,333 in 2012–13 to 4,274 in 2013–14.

Figure 5 below shows that the number of facilities reporting to the NPI in all jurisdictions over the past ten years.

Figure 5: Number of reporting facilities in each jurisdiction by year since 2004–05

The Commonwealth continued to work cooperatively with all jurisdictions to administer the NPI NEPM and improve the online reporting system to ensure that industry reporting is streamlined and the data collected is accurate. The Commonwealth also improved the accessibility of the NPI website to the community, industry, researchers and government, and led work with jurisdictions to update key industry guidance manuals.

Participation Levels	Feedback from the Community, Industry and Government	Implementation Activity Effectiveness
PUBLIC
242,112 user sessions on the NPI website	The number of user sessions increased from 205,451 in the previous year There was an increase in the number of complaints related to defects in the behaviour of the NPI database NPI data ranked 9th in public requests for new datasets to be published as open data on data.gov.au (The request for NPI data was grouped with requests for Australian Greenhouse Emissions data and Home Solar Installations data)	105 calls were received directly to the Commonwealth through the free call phone line 200 email responses were sent to questions received via the NPI website and NPI email address The Commonwealth adopted the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license as the terms for distribution and reuse of published NPI data Maintenance was performed on the mapping functionality of the NPI database
INDUSTRY
4,274 reports for 2013–14 4,333 reports for 2012–13 4,328 reports for 2011–12 142 new reporters 1 new sector reporting No confidentiality claims submitted	The NPI continued to build positive relationships with key industry stakeholders, researchers and the community	The Commonwealth published: a major update to the NPI Guide, which included substantial contributions from state NPI teams minor updates to industry manuals for Malt Manufacturing and Mining and Processing of non-metallic minerals
GOVERNMENT
13 facilities from 4 Commonwealth departments reported to the NPI in 2013–14.	The Australian Bureau of Statistics published the first quality assessments of the Essential Statistical Assets for Australia. The NPI dataset was assessed as part of the Pollution and Accumulation of Waste statistics (ESA—102).	The Commonwealth chaired and provided secretariat support for the NPI Implementation Working Group, which oversees key NPI administration activities.

New South Wales

Report to the NEPC on the implementation of the National Environment Protection (National Pollutant Inventory) Measure for New South Wales by the Hon. Rob Stokes MP, Minister for the Environment and Minister for Heritage (from 24 April 2014 to 2 April 2015) and the Hon. Mark Speakman, Minister for the Environment and Minister for Heritage (from 2 April to 30 June 2015) for the reporting year ended 30 June 2014.

PART 1—IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEPM AND ANY SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority implements the National Environment Protection (National Pollutant Inventory) Measure (NEPM) through the provisions in Chapter 4 of the Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Regulation 2009 , including:

definition of reporting premises and substance thresholds

reporting and record keeping requirements

compliance and penalty requirements

emission estimation techniques

exemptions.

PART 2—ASSESSMENT OF NEPM EFFECTIVENESS